East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 19, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEVENINOEDITIOH EVFINGEDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Don't fit down In th meadow and wait for the cow to back and be milked o af ter the cow. WEATHER l"K"'rtT. Fair and warmer to night; Thursday fair and cooler. PENDLETON, OltEGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19. 1908. NO. 6355 VOL. 21. h tsmm Cl TOUR Flow of Oratory Will Start ut Chicago -Tomorrow and Continue Until Election," CONFERENCE OF RIG - DEMOCRATS AT CHICAGO. Program for Several Wwln Mapped Out by Demdcratlc Maimers Bry an to Slay In the Field Much of Uio Timd during the Campaign Dates Made for Minnesota Stui Fair, La lKr Day In Chicago, iiml a Spivlal Addprwi on "Slate and Nation" at Poor la. Chicago. Aug. 19. William J. Bry on will arrive In this city tomorrow to begin a conference wl'h democratic leaders and labor union officials, which may have an Important bear ing on the. campaign. Today Mr. Bryan will speak In Pes Moines and will confine his remarks principally to a discussion of the "tariff. During his three days stay In Chi cago, Mr. Bryan will rivet and confer with Chairman Muck and other cam :palgn managers and Rive them the benefit of tils counsel. Tho conference of national and In ternational 'union laborers, .affiliated with the American Federation of La bor, has been called for tho same, time and Mr. Bryan will doubtless meet the labor officials and urge upon them the necessity of giving their whole souled support to the "democratic m tlonai ticket. From this city Mr. Bryan will gt)t Ir.dlanapnlls, where he will attend the Kern -notification ceremonies, .sched uled for Tuesday. Upon that occasion the Ncbraskan will deal with tho trusts nnd will deliver a Ion speech op the subject of comblnts und mon opolies. On the way back to Lincoln from Indianapolis, Mr. Bryan will stop at Topeka next Thursd.iy and will deliver ar. address In support of -the plank l.i the Denver platform declaring for : federal ami state guarantee of bank deposits. Mr. Bryan will make ths one of the Important Issues of the campaign .and will point to the success- attend ing the trial f the plan In Oklahoma :as proof of Its practicability. Among othm speeches arranged for by Mr. Bryan are those on the tariff :-at the Minnesota state fair, August 31; on labor, ata hicago, September '7. and on "Tho Pwtto and Natloi ;" nt Peoria, September 9. . Killed Child .ami Suicided. Chicago, Aug. vl9. After killing her baby by staMmig It with a 'hut pin, tht owing the lody in a vacant llot, Mrs. Fred I. Golxlberg went to 'the woods and hanged herself ' awor lEvonston thls-mornkg;. 4 MunVTCd on Wtr Front. Seattle, tug. 19. Pnirlck Dooley . .member the New Vork city la MW'crs' union, was found itlead on the wiiVr front tclay with an ipgly wound on ils forehead, which Initiates mur ,der. The polte are investigating. Cm OF 8XOCKTO. REST BY STRIKES. Stockton, Aug. 19. Thl city face two .strikes today, one of the teamsters, the other of the bakers. Efforts are be ing made to adjust matters, but the men in both Instances are bitter. Union teamsters yester day refused to go to work be cause the Draymen's Express association refused to sign an agreement to employ union men only. The teamsters Insist that they will not work until the agreement '8 signed. Non union bakers are now working In the bakeries, the unionists having walked out because they were refused an Increase of wages to 60 cents per hour for night work. UMATILLA CHOP IS ABOCT HALF SOLD Practically half the wheat of the wdunty has now been sold, according to the estimate of J. E. Montgomery, buyer for the Puget Sound Ware house company.. Bince the, opening of the wheat market a month ago selling has been pretty rapid and as a result more wheat has now passed out of the. growers' handa than Is usual so early In the Season. At present 75 Cents Is being of fered for cltsb wheat In the local mar ket and there la little selling. Appar ently the farmers are hoping for an other advance and do not like to sell at 75 cents when they could have se cured SO 'cents but a week ago. GARFIELD SAYS TAFT IS SURE TO WIN. Hot Springs, Aug. 19. Secretary Garfield called on Taft today. He said his trip through the west, which he hag Just completed, had convinced him that Tuft will be elected. "'I "was through California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Colorado, Ida ho, Nebraska and Kansas," he said, "anil everywhere I found the people prosperous. Bryan will lose his ow state. A poll on' the train coming (hhjway gave Taft 4 7 and Bryan 17." III AUTO 5 UIClMmEWER AND WIFE KILLED IN COIXISION Fast Train Hit Auto on Street Oos- tng In MlniH-opolis, Instantly Klll- liur John Glcuk and Wife Two Children and Aged Woman Also Seriously Injured Maulilne Ground to Pieces, Occuaiit3 Hurled Through Uio Air. Minneapolis, Aug. 19. Jlohnj Uleuk, a millionaire brewer, and .wife were Instantly killed, -their two chil dren were seriously Injured, and Mrs. Gleak's aged mother was probably fatally Injured today when Minne apolis and St. Louis train struck Gleuk's big auto at Lake Mlnoton- kau. Tlie: machine was ground to pfcaas. All : the parties were thrown several feet. Engineers May Strike. 'Winnepeg, Aug. 19. Interest :iier? today Is centered In the report the engineers . would take a hand In the strike of 'the mechanics of the Ca nadian Pacific. The mechanics and englnvers held a secret conference thto morning but the result Is 'Un known. Unless the engineers Join It is reported the mechanics will bon don the .struggle. Pacific Fleet t" Samoa. San Frsnclsco, Aug. 19. The cmis- Ler squadron comprising tho Pacific tlftQt, Is assembling here today pre paratory .for the voy,ge to Samoa aa4 nuluvn. It w.il leave Holiday, arriving at .Honolulu September 2. -Suicided by Shorting. Taooma, Aug. 19. L. V. Corklns, a ewil Migjneer, U to have wealthy relatives In Cincinnati, shot himself today in a Tncoma rooming house. The cause i$ unknown. Nei IVito Has 0500 TnxiMycrs. Ralph Thompson, who Is a ioputy In the county auditor's office, has Just completed the preparation otf a complete list of the names of all tbe taxpayers in Nes Paree county, says 4 Lewlston item. The number Is sbown to be 6600. The list also gives tbe Address of each taxpayer. 'The list e prepared for a Montana com pany ad Mr. Thompson has secured a number of copies. These will prove of much value to persons desiring a complete mulling list and copies may be purchased from him. Mr. Thomp son secured the list by working after office hours and a large amout of work was entailed. Fire at the Odell saw mill on the Tucannon river neai Dayton, Satur day, destroyed 12,000 feet of lumber. The mill was saved. The fire started from a spark from a tractlori engine. 1 EIGHTY BURIED III Explosion in Colliery at . Wigen, England, Snuffs Out Nearly 100 Lives. ENTIRE CITY DEFENDED ON WRECKED COLLIERY. Population of 99,000 Sees the Sole SupKrt of the City Disappear Score of Burned Bodice Recovered Rescuing Parties Overcome by the Deadly Gumcm and Taken Out by Second Party, Almost Dead ' 1" inn's Are Daging In the Wrecked TunneU. Wlgen. England, Aug. 19. Between SO and 100 men are known to have perished in an explosion in the May pole colliery last night. Twenty burned bodies have been recovered. It Is estimated that not less than 60 are still beyond the reach of the rescuers. The men looking for them were driven back by the flame today. All hope of taking the men out alive is abandoned. A party of sewn entered the shaft, but were overcome by gas and were rescued by a second party, nearly dead. This city, which has a population of 99.000, is at a standstill as it wa supported by the colliery. . Entrance Is Blocked. Another party which succeeded In getting half way down the shaft, found the roof caved In, blocking the entrance to the part where the men are entombed. It will require sev eral days to remove the wreckage. There Is no chance for the entombed men living that lcJhg, If they are not already dead. LFSITANIA BREAKS ALL WOULD RECORDS New York, Aug 19. Making it knots an hour from Liverpool on this trip, and benting all previous rec ords, the Lusltanla is today the fast est ship In the world. Wireless dis patches from the ship say she steam ed 130i miles up to noon yesterday. It Is expected she will reach New York tomorrow night, thereby being the first four-days boat In history. Suicide at Medford. Medford, Aug. 19. Frank I. Nelke, a New York clothier, who cmne here to start In business, at tempted suicide three times yester day by drinking carbolic acid and by cutting his wrist, died this morning. ! He had JfiOOO In the bank here. Italian Section Men Strike. Tacoma, Aug. 19. Italian section men and coal heavers on the Northern Pacific -main line between Easton and the Columbia river, struck today for a raise from $1.25 to 31.50 dally. Newslmy Killed V.V Auto. San Frnclseo, Aug. 19. Harry Itreen, ageti 13, was killed today by an auto whfie on his way v get news papers to sell. Xhe boy Jumped from th end of a wagon In firum of the marThluT. TELLS OF THE FlflST Joe Ell's collertien of fire pictures has nrouued interest In early day fire department history aiad since the pub lication of the stories regarding his proposed exhiblt many Interesting fire fighting anecdotes have come to light. While In a remlnescent frame of mind this morning, J. M. Bentley told of the first fire to occur In Pendleton after the town secured a fire engine. It was" In the days before the rail road came and there were but about 40 residents In .the village. The "en gine" was one thnt had to be operat ed by hand and it took nearly the en tire population of the city .to manage the thing. Shortly after the flame-quencher had been purchased by the council a fire broke out In the west end of town and the alarm was sounded. W TO GREET VISITORS Fair Commission Remodeling the Entire Interior of the Big Building. PAVJXION WILL BE ALL IN ONE MONSTER ROOM No Partition Between Main Room and Annex Handstand In Extreme West End of Pavilion Weston the llrst Town to Engage Booth for the Fair Ijirgcr and Better Fair Is Promised This Fall Many Prl vate Taitles Are Engaging Booths Much Work Being Done. When the gates of the district fair are thrown open the latter part of September the Scene presented with in the -pavilion will be entirely dif ferent from the past two fairs. Workmen 'are now busy remodel ling the big pavilion and they have already made some radical changes In the arrangement. The wall be tween the main pavilion and the an nex has been taken down, thus throw ing the entire fair grounds Into one monster room. .The bandstand, formerly located near the center of the old pavilion, has been moved westward to within about eight feet of the ticket office. A canopy will be arranged back of the bandstand so as to assist in throwing the sound out over the au dience. This will be a great improve ment for in the past speakers, ad dressing the people from the band stand. Dave made themselves heard with difficulty. The fountain and palm garden will be moved down to a location in front of the band stand and near the cen ter of the pavilion. The ground within the annex will he graded down to conform to that or me mam pavilion and the seats will be arranged In a semi-circle so that those seated In the grandstand will look down upon the fountain and garden and over the same to the bandstand. By the alterations and enlargement of the fair pavilion the directors will make a more Interesting fair for everything will be new. The en largement also permits of more space for booths and there Is every indica tion that the booths this year will be large and arranged with more care than last fall. Up to this time but few booth lo cations have been granted, as the amount of available space is not yet completely known. Weston is the only town to engage, room so far and tl has asked for the same location It hud last year. The local high school has also fV imested that It be given the same booth again and a few private loca tions have been given. Within a short time the other towns of the district and the private concerns In tending to maintain booths will be seeking loaatlons. Robert Mottau of Tacoma, has fall en heir to an estate amounting to $sr.,000, left him by a brother in Ger many. FIBE IK PENDLETON "All hands and the cook" grabbed hold of the fire engine to haul it to th scene but as a gravel bed had to be crossed It was hard pulling for the firemen. On that particular day all the local horses happened to be at work In the country. After much hard work the fire en gine was gotten to the fire and a crew was organized to operate the ma chine. F. D. Lehman was chief of the fire department at that time and Mr. Bentley the second In command. With many shouts and orders they tired to summon the crew to work the pump. But the firemen were all intent on watching the flames and refused to work. Accordingly the house burned down with a total loss and the first performance of the fire. engine was a dismal failure. I REPEATED MURDERS. TO TERRIFY KOREANS Seoul, Aug. 19. In order to terri fy the Koreans Into obedience to the Japanese regime, the Japanese gov ernment Is dally publicly hanging rebels In every city outside of the capital. 'The order for the executions was sent out three weeks ago and the Japanese soldiers are carrying it out gleefully. The Japanese authorities tell for eigners who make inquiries that those punished are brigands. Official re ports say that Korean revolutionists have murdered 841 Japanese In the past year besides the number of Jap anese kllled'ln battle, while the Jap anese soldiers have slain 16,000 Ko reans In the field in the same period. No progress Is made toward the es tablishment of order in the Interior of Korea. The Koreans are still armed and are In possession of the highlands and Inaccessible parts of the country. JOHNSON WILL BE NAMED. "Canned" Speech by Bryan Caused Wild Cliccring in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Aug. 19. It tappears Inevitable today that Governor John son will be nominated against his will for reelection by the democrats by the state convention opening today. When his name was mentioned the delegates cheered six minutes. A phonograph reproducing a speech bv Bryan caused wild cheering. LOCATION OF FEDERAL BUILDING IN BALANCE. InsjHxnor J. II. McDowell, Wlio Is to Recommend a Location for a Post office Site, Conferred With Prop- ertv Owners Today No Intimation lis to Probable Location Depart ment Will Announce Site Upon Re- cciving lns)ector's Report. J. H. McDowell, building site in spector for the treasury department, will not spend much time in Pendle ton while here to choose a location for the postoffice building. Immediately after his arrival here yesterday he was taken to see all of the locations sub mitted to the government and today he has been busy listening to offers from the owners of the various sites. At noon tomorrow Mr. McDowell intends to leave for Walla Walla and It Is understood that in the meantime he will finish his investigation here. However, It Is doubtful If he will make known his recommendation at once, though. he will make a report tu the department as soon as he ha. concluded his work here. ' Twelve Injured; Bout Wrecked. Amdersburg, Ont., Aug 19. Six men were fatally hurt and six se riously Injured today when a drill boat, VDestroyer," was blown to at oms In au explosion of dynamite. The boat was used In the blasting opera tlons In the Detroit river. The In jured were hurled In the air and fell Into the river. The craft was com pletely wrecked. Ovation for American Sprinter. New York. Aug. 19. John J. Hayes the American who won the Marathon race for the United States at London, arrived on the Oceanic today amid groat applause. A tug met the liner and escorted her to the pier, the shrill whistle blowing continuously. Thous ands greeted Hayes. Troojw Patrol Springfield. Springfield, Aug. 19. The riot sit uation ISj today in tho hands of the authorities. The first and fourth regiments are expected and the sec ond and seventh will leave tomorrow. The fifth infantry will remain. Troops continue to patrol the streets. Yacht Goes to Creditors. Los Angeles, Aug. 19. Carol Allen, receiver in the bankruptcy proceed ings against the broker, Fred Dorr, In Santa Barbara, today took charge of his brother's beautiful yacht, the Yankee Girl, valued at $25,000. It will be sold for the benefit of the creditors. PI P Ill s ROTTEN TO CORE Mrs. Amis' Counter Charges to Her Husband's Divorce Shows Shocking Conditions. ARMY, OFFICERS FLOCK TO IHINES' DEFENSE. Scandalous History of the German "Knights of the Round Table" Re peated In American Army Circle, Saya Mrs. Annls Moral Degeneracy Has Sapped the Manhood From the Army Annls Buried But No Refer ence Was Made to the Manner of His Dentil. New York, Aug. 19. Every officer of the United States army is rallying to the defense of Captain Halns, who shot and killed William Annls Satur day over the former's wife. Following the publication of Mrs. Annis counter charges in the dlvorca brought by him, army circles are In dignant at the alleged conditions de picted in her complaint. If true, it would show a state of af fairs in 'the American army nearly as scandalous as the actions of the "Knights of the Round Table" of Ber lin. Her allegations of moral degener acy have aroused a great uproar of indignation. Annis was burled today. Although h was a Mason, the burial was not under the auspices of that order. The service was held at St Michael's Episcopal church. No reference was 1 made to the manner of hi death. WAITRESS IS DYING. Mysterious Poisoning of Lena Freed- man Stirs 'Frisco. San Francisco, Aug. 19. Lena Freedman, aged 18, a pretty waitress. Is thought to be dying today after being found In her room where she was left by a man said to be B. Brod erick, a baker. According to her Incoherent story the girl says she went to dinner w-ith Broderick and since then remember nothing. She declares he put a whit powder on her steak, declaring it to be salt. She says she lost conscious ness Immediately. Broderick has not been found. The couple lived In tha same rooming house, Body Cut In Two. -While attempting to board a train at Leavenworth Monday evening, W. T. Murphy, an Iron worker employed on the high tower up the canyon, fell under a Great Northern train and waa instantly killed. The wheels passed over his chest, cutting the body com pletely in two. Nothing Is known of the man except that be came from Omaha. Turned Down Anti-Saloon Petition. The city council of North Yakima has turned down the petition of the anti-saloon people asking for the abolishment of saloons In that city. The petitions were signed by 1820 people and the prospects are that the affair will result in a hot fight at the next municipal election. STOI.EN HAT PLUMES HID IN STOCKING. San Francisco, Aug. 19. Nearly a hundred San Francisco high society members under went last night the indignity of being searched at the military ball at Alcatraz island when Mrs. Mabel Bales announced she had been robbed of ostrich plumes worth 50. The plumes were found In the stocking of Miss Ethel Trice, who was ar raigned in court today. The doors of the ball room were locked and a committee of three women searched all the women until Miss Price was reached. She objected, and against her protest the plumes were found In her stocking.